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botte

British  
/ bɔt /

noun

  1. fencing a thrust or hit

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Geno Auriemma stepping onto the court to spike a water botte, that helped them, too.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2023

The swords are crossed; Doublez, degagez, vite! great Porthos calls, And David drops, that secret botte hath pierced his overalls!

From Ban and Arriere Ban by Andrew Lang

It was originally applied to the fixed outside step, the French botte, then to the uncovered spaces on or beside the step on which the attendants sat facing sideways.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various

The only man in the world that knows that botte besides myself is Humphrey Bold.

From Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow by Herbert Strang

And it appears that during his very first bout with the captain he tried a botte that you had taught him.

From Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow by Herbert Strang

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